What is the difference between a populist and a dictator? The ancient Greeks have answers

Oct 31, 2022 08:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Giorgia Meloni is Italys new prime minister. Her party, Fratelli dItalia, received 26% of the vote and, as part of a far-right coalition, now controls a majority in both chambers of the legislature. According to Stern...

Multiparty democracy is in trouble in South Africa – collapsing coalitions are a sure sign

Oct 31, 2022 08:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

South Africas 28-year-old, continuously transforming multiparty democracy was reminded of its own fragility when, in September, a coalition running its biggest city, Johannesburg, collapsed. The speaker and the mayor lost...

Americans who aren't sure about God are a fast-growing force in politics – and they're typically even more politically active than white evangelicals

Oct 31, 2022 08:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Its hard to remember now, given the attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, but the day after votes were cast, one theme stood out: voter turnout. Every state in the nation saw higher turnout in 2020 than...

The Ukraine conflict is a war of narratives – and Putin's is crumbling

Oct 31, 2022 08:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

People understand the world that is, where we came from, how we got here and where we are likely to go through the stories we tell about ourselves and others. Indeed, the political and social environments in which we are...

Global Geopolitics Series

Why the US should tread carefully as it weighs supporting armed intervention in Haiti again

Oct 31, 2022 08:44 am UTC| Politics

Haiti appears to be on the precipice of foreign intervention yet again. Gangs have been blockading the countrys biggest fuel terminal since mid-September 2022, strangling Haitis food and energy supplies. The World Food...

American voters are angry – that is a good thing for voter turnout, bad thing for democracy

Oct 31, 2022 08:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Regardless of whether they live in a red state or a blue state, identify as Democrats or Republicans, or claim to be ideologically liberal or conservative, Americans have one thing in common. They are angry especially...

Abuja terror alert: Nigerian government should not downplay the threat

Oct 31, 2022 08:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Terrorism is one of the worlds greatest security challenges. Trying to predict it is an important part of the effort to counter terrorism. Intelligence and security agencies around the world occasionally issue warnings...